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Mandarin Chinese is the the official language of mainland China and Taiwan, and one of the official languages of Singapore. Mandarin is based on dialect spoken in Beijing and in north and northwestern China. China has so many dialects that people from different regions cannot understand each other and use Mandarin to communicate. People often ask me whether I'm studying Cantonese or Mandarin. Cantonese is the language spoken in Hong Kong and in the province of Guantdong (Canton) in Southern China and is often used in China towns in North America.

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